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 Jan  wrote:

> On Jan 5, 4:38 pm, Joseph DeMartino  wrote:
> > I think this event, along with the Letterman deal, has measurably
> > increased the internal pressure on each company to find a way out of
> > this strike.  The threat of SAG going on strike as well in the spring
> > if this isn't resolved doesn't help the studios, especially given
> > Rosenberg nailng his shirt to the WGA mast.  Anybody who thinks that
> > the DGA's usual unilateral surrender to the studios will be taken as
> > precendent by the other two unions is kidding himself.
> >
> > I'm hoping this is only the first of a series of AMPTP defections that
> > will end the strike by next month at the latest.
> >
> 
> There seem to be rumors of more 'side deals' being made with the WGA
> and I've been surprised at the controversy over them.  Some seem to
> think that if any writers go back to work, however legitimately, many
> more will cave in.  To me it seems that anything that will either
> break the AMPTP stranglehold or light a fire under them to get them
> back to the table would be a good thing.
> 
> JMS, if you're out there...what do you think?  Or any other WGA
> members reading?
> 
> Jan

  I'd also be interested in the next couple of rounds. IIRC the 
Director's Guild Contract is also up soon and I don't know about SAG or 
AFTRA. So, I am wondering if we could get WGA done just in time for the 
DGA to go out.
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